The Start of a Journey... and a First Disaster

Dean was exhausted, there was no denying it, but he had to remain afloat and think of something. Quick. He didn't dare let go of Selia, not even risking losing her again. His legs were tired form wading and kicking the water for so long, and so her his arms, but he had to think up a way out of this mess. This storm.

"I was worried."

"Me too," Dean said lightly, kissing Selia on the forehead. He took a look around, trying to see if he could find any sign of their boat or land or anything. But with the darkness of the sky and the thickness of the rain, he was lucky to even see anything. They had to get out of there, and he knew that he'd have to teleport, but he was just so tired, he didn't know if he could. but he had to. He'd never used his power while so weak, but if it meant saving Selia from possible death while just beginning their journey, then he'd risk it."I'm going to teleport us, okay?"

"Okay."

All Dean wanted was to get out of the storm, to b safe on dry land. He'd been stuck in water for so long, he was almost beginning to forget how great dry land was. When Nitar and said okay, he had to concentrate, although it was quite hard while still trying to remain afloat. Dean kept picturing and concentrating on the dock where they had departed on their so far horrible journey.

And they were gone in an instant.

A few seconds later, Dean and Selia reappeared, yet again in water. When Dean felt nothing below him just the depth of the sea, he wanted to scream, to yell out in anger. Like they didn't teleport or anything. But when he opened his eyes, he realize done thing; they had teleported, and away from the storm. Dean gave a weak sigh of relief and went to say something to Selia, but no words would come out. Just a gasp of air. He was too weak to even talk. Soon, Dean could feel his grip on Selia growing looser, and his vision was going foggy, he couldn't focus on anything.He could just feel himself falling into the depths of the ocean. It may not have been a wise choice for him to teleport, but at least he got Selia safe, which was what matter most. To him.

Dean was almost ready to pas out from being so weak, but they had to get to dry land. He tried to ope his eyes, but only managed to open them halfway; they were just so heavy to lift. He looked up ahead and saw land, and a small smile grew on the corner of his lips.He had to muster up enough energy to be able to swim to safety. They were away from the storm and so close to dry land, he could make it.There were small waves that would pass through them, and at one point, Dean slipped underneath the wave and didn't realize it until he was short of breath.He did his best to pull himself up and resurface, and he did, though a bit weaker now then before.

"Dean?... I need to get you to land."

Selia was right, they had to get to land. He made an effort to gave a nod, but he went a bit too low and dunked his head completely in the water. "I need...to get you to land..." He said, doing his best to wipe the water from his eyes. Selia wrapped her arm around his and began swimming them to land. Dean tried to help, knowing he wasn't the only one tired and Selia must've been pretty tired as well, so he'd try to help move things along quicker by trying to kick or something, though his legs felt so dead and heavy that he didn't really make much of a difference.

After a while, Dean felt something that he'd thought he'd never feel again. Solid ground.Selia had done it, she'd reached land. If he wasn't so weak, he'd have kissed her, but he was, so he didn't. With his feet on the soft sand, Dean began pulling himself and Selia closer to a more shallow part of the land, so they could sit down and rest. A few moments later, Dean had managed to reach the shore, and the second he did, he collapsed.

Dean was so exhausted, and collapsing right there on solid land felt so nice he could've simply died there. And part of him felt that he would die there, but he knew he couldn't. He was just so tired and weak that he felt he simply couldn't go on, but what was he saying to himself? That was no way to make himself feel stronger. He couldn't be that big of a wimp after one small storm. If he acted like that now, so early in the adventure, imagine how he'd act later on when things get harder.Dean had to toughen up, especially for Selia.

After a few minutes of him just lying there, completely disconnected form the real world, he felt that he'd regain at least 50% of his strength. He opened his eyes, squinting at the bright light from the sun and jumped slightly when he realized that Selia was leaning over him. He leaned back on his elbows, wincing slightly at the pain he felt in his back, and gave her a small hopeful smile. "Well, looks like we made it. Safe and sound."

"Yes. We did. That was not a very good way to start an adventure, but they always have there bumps."

Dean gave a small laugh, knowing that Selia did have a point, and wondered why he hadn't thought for it before. Though either way it wouldn't have mattered because he would've still gone on the adventure no matter what. He watched her as she looked over to the ocean and bit her bottom lip. He had a feeling she was thinking about the others on the boat, either that or going back to the Academy and forgetting about the whole thing. It was most likely the others on the boat.

The boy looked around him, trying to figure out where they were exactly. It wasn't the exact place where they had departed from, but for all he knew, it could just be another part of the beach. He looked behind him, wincing yet again from the pain in his back to which he still hadn't a clue the reason, and noticed a large slope with a tree line. If they got up there, they could most likely figure out where they were, and possibly get some food.

Dean looked back towards Selia and rubbed her shoulder with on hand, while continuing to lean on the other. "So, you okay?" Sure, it was a slightly random question, coming out of the blue, but he was worried about Selia, and since he cared a lot about her, he wanted - needed to know how she was doing.